Guelph Homeless Survey Results

70 percent of the homeless people in Guelph and Wellington County are adults, and the average age is 35.
But during 3 days in April, as the homeless were being surveyed, there were 18 children, under the age of 16, living with their homeless parents.
The survey was part of the 20 thousand homes campaign.
In all, 294 people were homeless in this area.
But the co-ordinator of the Guelph-Wellington Task Force for Poverty Elimination, Randalin Ellery, thinks the number is actually low. It should be about 360.
The survey found that 34 percent of the homeless in this area, have a chronic health issue. But 59 percent avoid getting help when sick.
35 percent have lost housing because of a mental health issue or concern. Another 34 percent have been kicker out of where they are staying because of drinking or drug use issues.